FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Cynthia Burns: cyburns@ramapo.edu or Cathleen Davey; cdavey@ramapo.edu
March 17, 2008
JOSE FRANCH-BALLESTER WILL
PERFORM AT RAMAPO COLLEGE
(Mahwah) – The York Room Salon Series will present Jose Franch-Ballester on
clarinet Sunday, April 6 at 3 p.m. in the York Room on the campus of Ramapo College of
New Jersey.
Drawing on his experience performing tango and other popular genres, this young
Spaniard has won multiple awards, including the 2004 Young Concert Artists
International Audition.
Born in Moncofa, Spain into a family of clarinetists and Zarzuela singers, the
clarinetist has given recitals at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the La
Jolla Music Society (CA), the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (FL), and
Monmouth College (NJ).
Franch-Ballester began clarinet lessons at the age of nine with Venancio Rius
Marti. He gave his first recital in Valencia at the age of sixteen, and graduated from the
Joaquin Rodrigo Music Conservatory in Valencia in 2000. He came to the United States
to study at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he earned a bachelor of
music degree in 2005.
Tickets are $15, which includes refreshments. The York Room is located in the
Birch Mansion on campus. For more information call 201.684.7844.
This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State
Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment
for the Arts.
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